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Workshop on Sustainable Rural Biofuel Strategy in Africa

01 January 2018
|TBC

In Africa, bioenergy is a main source of energy for 70 to 80 percent of its population (approximately 800 million people). It has become more challenging for Africans to respond to the global demand towards low-carbon society while adapting themselves to the rapidly changing environment and increasing uncertainty caused by climate change, population growth and land degradation among others.

In cooperation with the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), this workshop, to be held at the 21st Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, will provide information on how to increase bioenergy availability with improved food security while ensuring positive social and environmental impacts in rural Africa.

Call for submissions: IRENA is collecting good practices till the end of August 2017 that will be reviewed by an expert group. All the contributions meeting the requirements will be asked to submit a full paper to be submitted by the end of October 2017.

Selected contributions will be invited to give a presentation at the Workshop to be held at 21st Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, in early 2018 (TBC).